Mazmur 34:16

34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers

and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. ¹ 

Mazmur 34:21

34:21 Evil people self-destruct; ² 

those who hate the godly are punished. ³ 

[34:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the face of the Lord [is] against the doers of evil to cut off from the earth memory of them.”

[34:21]  ² tn Heb “evil kills the wicked [one].” The singular form is representative; the typical evil person is envisioned. The Hebrew imperfect verbal form draws attention to the typical nature of the action.

[34:21]  ³ tn Heb “are guilty,” but the verb is sometimes used metonymically with the meaning “to suffer the consequences of guilt,” the effect being substituted for the cause.